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“I was addicted to winning when I started coaching and started with the Under-14s, it was on the inside of me.

“After that, I went to the Under-17s and it was the same. Then I went to the Under-19s, then an amateur team then Sporting of Lisbon.

“I went all the way as an assistant wanting to win.

“Next I went to a lower team in the Portuguese league and my desire was winning. That’s my essence.”

To do it, they’ll need to get by a Motherwell side only a point behind them in the Premiership and riding high on a run of eight games with only one defeat.

The sides haven’t met since the first day of the season when Caixinha questioned the physicality of the Fir Park side after the 2-1 win for Rangers.

But the manager insists he won’t fight fire with fire this afternoon.

He said: “No, I’m not that type of guy. In the time of the cowboys, we used to say ‘eye by eye and teeth by teeth’. But we need to be clever. I don’t think we will be fighting fire with fire or sword with sword, exactly the opposite.

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“If they are strong, we need to avoid giving them the chance. They are only strong when they have the initiative in the game and when they have the ball.

“We know they are going to perform like that, so we have to make sure that we use our movement, our identity and our style. We have learned from that first match.

“More than energy, we will require cleverness. If you use energy to combat energy, it’s the same as fighting fire with fire.

“You just have to be clever, understand the game and make the right decisions. That’s what we have been working on as part of our identity, how to compete against those teams.

“They are an aggressive team and physical but I like that.

“It’s not a criticism – they play very well that way and know they are good at it. So, you need to find solutions to counteract the way they play.”

Both sides had a huge personnel turnaround over the summer even if Well’s came about at a fraction of the cost of Rangers’ recruitment.